The Greater Seattle Aquarium Society is a non profit corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Washington. The primary purposes of the society are to promote interest in the aquarium hobby, and to provide a forum for the exchange of information among aquarium hobbyists.
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For our June meeting, Matt Kaufman shares his killi-keeping and killi-enjoying techniques. He will show lots of pictures of pretty fish, lots of not as pretty pictures of killi setups, how he keeps, breeds, and feeds his killies, and try to demystify these engrossing, beautiful, easy yet challenging gems of the aquarium hobby.
Matt has been keeping freshwater tropical fish since he was a kid growing up in an apartment in Queens, NY. In the late 1980's, with the advent of Usenet and newsgroups, he discovered killifish, killifish keepers (many of whom are interesting in their own right but not anything you'd want to keep), the American Killifish Association and his local killi club, the Metro Area Killi Association, located in NJ. He's kept killies regularly ever since, at one point having something like 150 "tanks" of 30 species of various types. Eventually, he scaled back to just a few dozen favorites, then, in 2003, took a job in Redmond, WA. Despite moving 4 times in 2003-2004, he was never without a few pairs of killies and in 2004, built a killi closet in his garage in Woodinville, where he keeps a few favorite species today.
Judge Cory McElroy schleps a camera to one of the homes.
The Home Show van team traveled 175 miles around Puget Sound this spring to bring you an inside look at the tanks of twelve of your fellow aquarists. Come to the May 8 GSAS meeting to see the Home Show video and photographs and to cheer for the exhibitors winning prizes. Show up to vote for your favorite tank to receive the People's Choice award!
The meeting will also feature a salmon presentation by Alex Lee.
And there will be a mini-auction. Read the auction guidelines.The fun will start at 7:30 at our usual location, Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University (Find directions).
Bring your friends.
Click this image for a printable PDF poster!
Saturday, April 14th
West Seattle Christian Church, 4400 42nd Ave SW -- NEW LOCATION!
9:00 AM check-in, bidding starts at 10:00.
The Greater Seattle Aquarium Society is having its B-I-G Annual Auction!!
There will be new and used equipment, fish, plants, substrate, lights, filters, tanks --- we never know what will show up! Most of the livestock will be locally grown: corys, killies, cichlids, shrimp, koi, common and rare aquatic plants.
You must be a member to sell; everyone can buy: cash or personal checks preferred.
Our auction will be held at a new, larger location this year, the West Seattle Christian Church Gymnasium. The church is conveniently located at the intersection of SW. Genesee St. and 42nd Ave. SW just 6 blocks from the West Seattle Bridge.
Free admission, wheelchair accessible, family friendly (but no furry/feathered pets please), lots of free parking.
Northwest Killies presents West Coast Weekend XX, in Portland April 13-15, featuring guest speakers from Europe, beautiful Killifish on display, and a huge auction. For more information, visit their website.
While it's unfortunate that this is the same weekend as GSAS's own Massive General Auction (April 14th, in West Seattle), if you're into killies, you should go to this event!
This month's meeting features Dick Au, speaking on Raising Fish for Fun and Profit.
You may remember that Dick gave us a talk a few years ago on Discus.
Dick Au is a veteran speaker and show judge for the aquarium hobby. Widely sought after, his no-nonsense, experience-based lectures have gained him wide recognition. Most recently, he lectured at the 2009 Aquarama in Singapore, at the 2010 NADA Convention in Dallas as well as at many aquarium societies in the country. With over 50 years in the hobby, Dick is an experienced tropical fish breeder, and an accomplished author. He authored two books on discus – the Back to Nature: A Guide to Discus and Trophy Discus. He is also a frequent contributor to Aquarium Fish International, Tropical Fish Hobbyist (TFH) and Diskus Brief magazines.
The meeting is in our usual location of Otto Miller 109. Check here for directions and further details.
Home Show registration is now open! If you're interested in being an exhibitor or a judge in the 2012 GSAS Home Show, please fill out the form here. You'll need to be available the weekend of the Home Show visits, March 24 and 25.
The May meeting will feature video and photography from the Home Show visits and prizes for winning exhibitors. This is your opportunity to show off your innovative rock-scaping technique, or to demonstrate how you rack up all of those HAP or BAP points, or to inspire others to try a kind of aquarium that they wouldn't have considered before.
Further details and discussion can be found here.
The GSAS Plant Auction is coming!
Been inspired by all the recent Nature Aquarium discussion to set up a new aquascaped tank?
Are you a beginner, looking for some easy plants to start out with?
Advanced aquarist, hoping to find a plant you've never heard of?
Is that new T5 light causing your plants to grow faster than you can trim them?
All of you are welcome!
Where: Falcon Lounge, Royal Brougham Pavilion, SPU
(across the street from our usual meeting location)
When: February 14th, 2012.
Registration starts 6:30, auction begins at 7.
What: Aquarium Plants, Fish and Invertabrates
Non-members welcome!
If you're a member, you may sell up to 20 items -- please come early to register, or use this handy web interface to enter your items beforehand. Please also read the auction guidelines for more information. Note new requirement: no more than three of the same item!
We have a printable poster to put up in stores. We're also in need of volunteers: baggers, runners, recorders, and general help with setup and tear-down. Contact erik AT thekrib.com to volunteer.
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As always, the dates and topics are subject to change:
Don't forget to mark your Calendar for Christel Kasselmann, Saturday September 15th 2012!